Chapter 435: The Best
“WTF!” Joel couldn't help but scold, "Even if he's a gangster, he's your brother!" Is it necessary to do this to him?! ”
Then he couldn't scold, on the big screen, when Vince turned to leave, the tears that he couldn't hold back anymore, coupled with the previous sentence that wanted to say and stopped, the reason for such a bad attitude was about to come out. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
"His brother is mainly responsible for his father's death, right?" Sandro said this beside him.
Joel, who was already sullen, suddenly became even more unhappy, and immediately grabbed a handful of popcorn and stuffed it into his mouth, and ate it with a click.
If it's just like this, the two brothers will not get along with each other at best, but this is a movie, there must be contradictions, otherwise how can the story be good? So Kevin, who betrayed him at the beginning, and now becomes the boss, came to the door again and asked Hayden to help him.
Of course Hayden was unwilling, he agreed to do the last vote just to get out, and now he fell out with his younger brother, and of course he didn't want to get involved in the crime anymore.
Unfortunately, good people are not so easy to do, especially when forced by evil people, Hayden refuses Kevin's invitation to his face, but Vince is immediately caught in a trap and injured, Mark is beaten to the blood, and the taxi company is also smashed.
Then, the most classic lines also came out.
"I don't want you to pity me! You don't owe me anything, and I would never force a friend to do something they don't want to do! I've been waiting for three years to get an opportunity! It's not about proving how great I am, it's about telling people that what I've lost, I'm going to get back! ”
Angry, unwilling, and never admitting defeat, Mark is still the same Mark, even if he is lame.
So the applause and whistles rang out again, and it was still a few black audiences, and it was rude to change to another movie, but Mark on the big screen was so charming.
Although the American audience can't experience something, they also have a positive attitude towards this kind of friendship, and the heroism complex of Americans is definitely not bad.
So the other viewers didn't react at all, and Joel, who was stuffed with popcorn, even had a hint of disgust at Hayden, that was a friend who risked his life to avenge you, but you just said it a little bit?
Of course, as in the alley scene, he changed his mind a few minutes later, and when Hayden went into the place where the gang was making counterfeit money and snatched the tape with Mark, there was a lot of joy in the screening room.
After that, of course, the most classic dock battle, this shootout continues the heroic style that has always been heroic, the pros and cons fight desperately in the rain of bullets, and the battle between the gangsters is more exciting than the army.
In the end, the younger brother and the elder brother who rushed to the news joined forces to deal with the villain Kevin, and Mark, who was originally persuaded to leave because of his limited mobility, also came back in a small boat to kill again, one by one blood-stained clothes, and the blood boiled to see people's blood, and then-
"Come here! This is your own brother! You can see it clearly! Whatever he did wrong before, it's back to you now! He has the courage to change himself, why don't you have the courage to accept it? Why! You're brothers......"
The blood was so exciting that he couldn't help but want to applaud, but when a gunshot came to an abrupt end, Mark fell to the ground, and the screening room was silent. No one could have imagined that Mark, who was so affectionate and unwilling to admit defeat, would die here, and so suddenly.
Joel stared blankly at the big screen, completely unable to believe that Mark was so dead that the popcorn fell out of his mouth without noticing.
“Fuck!”
“Shit!”
From time to time, there were such voices in the audience, and it was no longer limited to the black audience, several white audiences, and Hispanic audiences also shouted.
Unfortunately, this didn't bring Mark back to life, so when the villain Kevin triumphantly mocked and walked to the police laughing to turn himself in, the buzzing discontent was even louder.
Fortunately, the film director did not make an SB move, Vince put the pistol in his brother's hand, and Hayden did not hesitate to shoot Kevin to avenge Mark.
Then, when Vince turned around and apparently wanted to let his brother go, Hayden removed his handcuffs and cuffed them to his wrists.
"You're right, Jace, we're going on different paths. Your path is right, I am wrong, it shouldn't be too late to change now......" Hayden said to his brother with a sweaty and bloody face.
The sound of inhalation suddenly sounded, and the 90-minute movie, the affectionate and righteous Hayden also attracted a lot of attention, especially those few female fans - although Vince is good, but the stubborn attitude of constantly targeting his brother has made him lose a lot of points.
The movie finally freezes the back of Vince walking towards the police in handcuffs to Hayden, and as the theme song sounds, the subtitles roll, the lights in the screening room are turned on, and the audience gets up and leaves.
Even so, there are still a small number of people who have not come to their senses.
"Why is this happening?" Towards the exit, Joel finally couldn't help but complain, "Why did you let Mark die?" ”
And then the same voice came from the front: "Hell, why did you let Mark die?!" ”
The speech was very rhythmic, and you didn't need to look to know who it was, but Joel didn't care, and immediately turned his head: "You also think Mark shouldn't die like that, right?" ”
"Of course, he was so affectionate and righteous, and did so many things for Hayden, that he was going to die at the end!" The black man in the back immediately shouted.
"I think the director was full of malice towards Mark."
"That's right, otherwise he wouldn't have arranged the plot like this."
Sandro looked at Joel, who was able to talk to a strange black man, with some surprise, you know, he used to be a little discriminatory, and Henry chuckled a few times next to him.
They discussed all the way outside, and chatted happily, and finally left their names and pager numbers when they broke up, and made an appointment to go out together in the future.
"What's wrong with that, we love this movie, can't we talk about it together?" In the face of Sandro's doubts, Joel said this without any embarrassment.
So Henry asked next to him, "Do you still think this movie is very ordinary?" ”
Joel was stuck, and then looked at him angrily, it was the first time they had spoken since they entered the venue, but the other party was asking this kind of question, which was really unpleasant.
But when he thought of the plot of the movie, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart, revealing a calm look: "This is a good movie, Henry, I take back my original words." ”
Henry was silent for a few seconds: "I apologize to you, Joel, even if I was upset last night, there should be a better way to express it." ”
"I'm also at fault, I shouldn't have forced you," Joel scratched his head, "I should think about your feelings." ”
Then he grimaced: "But I still think George Burns' comedy would be a little better." ”
"Okay, whatever you want." Henry shrugged.
"That's great," Sandro laughed, "that's right—you're not going to quarrel anymore, are you?" ”
"How is that possible," Joel rolled his eyes, "who can say for sure this kind of thing." ”
"Just admit your mistakes in time." Henry, who cherished words like gold, shrugged his shoulders.
"Okay, okay," Sandro rolled his eyes as well, and then put his arms around them, "Anyway, you're reconciled now, I don't know if it has anything to do with this movie, and I don't know if it's better than a George Burns movie, but I think it's a good movie, how about watching it again when you have time?" ”
"Of course, I think it can be recommended to more people."
"Well, my neighbor is a film critic."
"Mark is so handsome."
"Hayden isn't bad either."
"Vince is okay too."
"If Vince had calmed down a little bit, not so many things would have happened."
"How can Kvins's father be calm because of this?"
"He can completely ignore it, just don't have this brother, a lot of things are caused by his impulsiveness."
"Oh hell, you might as well say that if Hayden hadn't gangsterized in the first place, none of these things would have happened."
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The release of "Brothers" did not have much momentum, and the publicity methods in the 80s were different from those 30 years later, and it was very expensive to carry out comprehensive publicity in this era and spread advertisements in major newspapers and magazines.
Only films of a national nature such as "Star Wars" and films directed by big directors such as "E.T" are eligible for this, and although other works are not impossible, the risks will increase accordingly.
So how to choose, the bosses of the major studios are very clear.
Although Li Xu doesn't care about this profit, Hollywood is not Hong Kong after all, and he can't be allowed to do whatever he wants now, so there is no harm in considering it properly.
Therefore, Paramount only contacted 1,000 theaters for "Brothers", compared to the comedy starring George Burns, which was released in early November and arranged for 1,500 theaters, which was slightly insufficient.
"Brothers" and "God and the Devil" both won more than 5 million box office in the first week and weekend, and the latter occupied the top of the North American box office list with a slight gap of 200,000 more.
But in the second week, "God and the Devil" fell by almost 40% at the box office, while "Brothers" fell by less than 10%, firmly sitting at the top of the North American box office charts.
After that, "God and the Devil" began to plummet, while "Brothers" has always gone down steadily, and every time the theater chain is added, there will always be a small improvement.
Although it didn't take half a year in the end, there were also five months, and North America finally won the box office of 80 million, plus 70 million overseas, the final box office was 150 million, I don't know how much better than the original version.
I have to admit that among the directors from Hong Kong and Taiwan who have entered Hollywood, except for a certain banana man, Wu Baige has two brushes to stand out and become the best among them. At least in the things he filmed, there is not much cultural barrier, and audiences in most parts of the world can understand it.